The Washington Post Sunday - Dec 5 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Washington Post Sunday - Dec 5 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'... for richer, for ___, in sickness and in health ...'	POORER
'Blueberries for ___' (children's book)	SAL
'Der Hölle Rache' from 'The Magic Flute,' e.g	ARIA
'Family Affair' singer ___ J. Blige	MARY
'Have You Seen ___?' (hit by the Chi-Lites)	HER
'Icicles,' on a Christmas tree	TINSEL
'July' singer ___ Cyrus	NOAH
'Millionaire ___' ('The Jetsons' episode)	ASTRO
'ng' sounds, e.g	NASALS
'Spun' yarns	TALES
'Star Trek Beyond' director Justin	LIN
'That's nice to hear!'	IMGLAD
'This Bitter Earth' singer Washington	DINAH
'Victoria & Abdul' actor Fazal	ALI
Abundant in plant life	LUSH
Advocate for the accused	DEFENSEATTORNEY
Alley-___ ('NBA Jam' play)	OOP
Alter, as one's thinking	RESHAPE
Apt to be persuaded	PLIABLE
Area often shaved by a barber	NAPE
Artisan who may repair a Stradivarius	VIOLINMAKER
Become genetically altered	MUTATE
Big tree climber	APE
Brand of salsa and taco meal kits	ORTEGA
Business org	CORP
Call things off	ENDIT
Cause for cramming	TEST
Cause great surprise	STUN
Cell terminal that sounds like 53 Down's counterpart	ANODE
Connecting point	NODE
Creator of visual advertising content	GRAPHICDESIGNER
Dec. hrs. in D.C	EST
Demi Moore, ___ Guynes	NEE
Demonstrate moxie	DARE
Distracting background noise	DIN
Emulates an archer	AIMS
Ernie who won the 2012 Open Championship	ELS
Factors to be considered, in a case	MERITS
Female zebra	MARE
First name that means 'my God'	ELI
Fish eggs	ROE
Flaming ___ (temporary name for a TV tavern where Aerosmith played)	MOES
Fly a fighter jet	AVIATE
Four-time Oscar-nominated actress Moorehead	AGNES
Game with 1 cards, aptly	UNO
Genre for Alexisonfire	EMO
George H.W. Bush's chief of staff John	SUNUNU
Get into again	REENTER
Ginormous amount	TON
Got some brunch	ATE
Govt. org. that submits FISA court requests	NSA
Half of IT, briefly	INFO
Handled bar	SOAP
Harvester brand	DEERE
Hilarious sorts	RIOTS
Hold ___ (cherish)	DEAR
Initial step	ATOB
It's used by students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, briefly	ASL
Joint that can be affected by gout	ANKLE
Kagan who was dean of Harvard Law	ELENA
La città con il Colosseo	ROMA
Landlocked state with the island city Sabula	IOWA
Left Opposition leader Trotsky	LEON
Light dressing specification	NOOIL
Like certain wolves	LONE
Lost firmness	SAGGED
Magazine with a Best Workplaces list	INC
Many miles off	AFAR
Minor demons	IMPS
Mobile program writer	APPDEVELOPER
Mononymous 'Chimera' musician	HANA
Muscat Daily readers	OMANIS
Not be precisely vertical	LEAN
One doing inspections or maintenance work beneath the surface	DEEPSEADIVER
One is equivalent to about 0.028 kilograms	OUNCE
One who might rob vaqueros in a western	BANDITO
One-named comedian on 'Good Girls'	RETTA
Packing more punch	STRONGER
Phishing trap?	EMAILSCAM
Pinterest poster, e.g	USER
Plotting party	CABAL
Poetry book section	VERSE
Pour choice?	EWER
Prudish one's concern	SMUT
Psychology topic from the Latin for 'I'	EGO
Put right on the page?	INDENT
Reacted with umbrage	BRISTLED
Reaper's descriptor	GRIM
Reporter of health-related news and research	MEDICALJOURNALIST
Rewards from work, and a hint to this puzzle's theme	FRUITSOFONESLABOR
Roger who co-hosted 'Sneak Previews'	EBERT
Rudd named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine in 2021	PAUL
Run-of-the-mill	SOSO
Salt Lake City residents	UTAHNS
Second-in-command under Lyndon	HUBERT
See 120 Down	SKATES
Setting of Rainbow Rowell's novel 'Eleanor & Park'	OMAHA
Settings for IVs	ERS
Shipmate of Data	TROI
Short slumber	NAP
Short slumber	SIESTA
Shown to many	AIRED
Single part of a whole	UNIT
Smashing Pumpkins song whose name is a Hindu god without its H	SIVA
Soaks (up)	SOPS
Something taken by Dora the Explorer	TRIP
Sound during milking	MOO
Spanish 'good'	BUENO
Speech that may have bleeped-out words	TIRADE
Splinter group	SECT
Sports team supporter, of a sort	SPONSOR
Spread site that rhymes with 'spread'	BREAD
Start	BEGIN
Starting point for 127 Across	TEE
Striped aquatic predator	TIGERSHARK
Subtle variation	NUANCE
Sum of production	TOTALCOST
Target audience for HBO shows	ADULTS
Teller's supervisor	BANKMANAGER
Temple statue, e.g	IDOL
Terse online reply that means 'deal with it'	COPE
Three of clubs?	TRIO
Track competition	MEET
Track numbers	ODDS
TV writer Mike who co-created 'The Critic'	REISS
U.S. senators, e.g	VIPS
Vague, large amount	OODLES
Video game where you wield an ax and slay?	GUITARHERO
Watch party?	SENTRY
Went back, as the tide	EBBED
What a frustrated person might throw	TANTRUM
What a topiarist may clip	SHRUB
With 99 Down, some Winter Olympics gear	ICE
With levity	INJEST
Word after special, black or photo	OPS
Words you just heard	ECHO
___ a one (nobody)	NARY
___ beef (Japanese meat)	KOBE
___ versa	VICE
___-surrealism (artistic genre)	AFRO